with a twisted natural wood shaft with horn ferrule and white metal pommel embossed with scrolling leaves and a bird, engraved 'C. Dale/ Navy Island Niagara River'(90cm long)Footnote: Note: Navy Island lies in the Niagara River, 4.5 kilometers above the Horseshoe Falls, between Ontario and New York. Long a strategic military outpost and centre of shipbuilding, in 1837 it was the home of the Rebellion of 1837, and self-proclaimed 'Republic of Canada' led by William Lyon MacKenzie and 200 of his supporters, who sought independence from British rule. Under continuing threat, MacKenzie abandoned the island in early 1838, escaping with his followers to Buffalo where he was taken prisoner. The island is now a Canadian National Historic site (since 1921) in recognition of it’s ship building and attempted Canadian Republic history.